Closet auger and stoppage grip



Dec. 30, 1930. R. A. KING 7.1

CLOSET AUGER AND .STOPPAGB GRIP I Filed March 8. 1928 sists in a construction and combination of ment in the seats 21.

Patented Dec. 30, 1930 g i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Application filed March s, 1928. Serial in. 260,086.

' The Object of the invention'is to provide or free ends are in close proximity, the head a device readily adaptable for placement in is set or adjusted to perform-the boring opa toilet and'capable of operation for clearing 'eration, the outer edges 17 of the jaws cut- I a stoppage therein by a boring operation; to ting into any obstruction that may be present provide a device of this character terminally in the closet siphon 18. equipped with a gripper actuable at the ex- Opening and closing movement is"im posed end of the device for engagement with parted to the jawsby means of the-stem 11, the substance causing the e stoppage, so that the latter at that end of the staff to which the the latter may be readily withdrawn; and head 16 is connected being engaged with a to provide a device of this nature which while shank 19 radially extending from a ball 20 efficient in operation, is of simple form and which is engaged in arcuate seats 21 on the f therefore susceptible of cheap manufacture jaws 12. Obviouslyi'axial movement of the and low marketing cost. stem will. shift theball 20'and thereby open With this object in view, the invention conand close the aws by reason of this engageparts of which a preferred embodiment is The stalf 10 at the operating end is proillustrated in the accompanying drawings, vided with a cap 22 on diametrically opposite wherein; sides of which are formed lateral ears 23hav- Figure 1 is a sectional view of a conveningfarcuate slots in which the arms "ofthe v tional closet showing'the apparatus applied handle yoke 24 are slidably engaged, the ex- 5 in operative position therein. tremities of these arms being connected with Figure 2 is an elevational view of the actua guide ring 25 in surrounding relation to the ating end of the device. staff and slidable thereover. The handle 26 Figure 3 is a sectional View on the plane inis seated in the crotch of the yoke to which dicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2. it is secured bymeans of a screw 27. The

Figure 4: is a detail sectional view of the upper end of the stem engages in a lateral gripping and boring end of the device. socket in the 'handle and is secured to the Figures 5 and 6 are sectional views respecsame.v The construction ust-described protively on the planes indicated by the lines vides forlmovement of the yoke longitudio 5-5 and 6-6 of Figure 3. nally of the staff and therefore provides for The invention comprises a flexible staff 10 movement of the handleaxially of the stalf. which is of tubular form and a stem 11, the -S1 nce the stem is connected with a ha latter being enclosed by the staff and being thls move e -1 v haQdle W 1 by reason slidable axially of the same. Both the staff of the ballconnectwn Wlth the J effect 35 and stem are formed preferably of spring opening and closing movement of the latter.

wire of which the convolutions are in close Since the arms ef the yoke are engaged with contact, thedirectio'n of winding of the stem the ears of the cap 22, angular or turning being the reverse of that of the staif. movement of the handle will effect rotary At the working end of the staff is carried 1 turning movement Of the fi, S0 that -10 a combined gripper and borer, the latter conthe head by this means, can berotated to persisting of the jaws 12 which are pivotally form any boring operation found necessary. mounted on pins 14 spanning cars 15 of a An lmportant element of the device e the I 7 head 16, the latter being connected with the guide tube 28 formed at one end with a end of the staff. In the closed position of the goose-neck 29. T he staff 1S slidably mounted 5 aws which is a position where their outer in the guidetube and is of a lengthconsider- 9o f it. The obstructing matter may then b 'e withi 1 drawn by pulling the staff hackthroughthe ably greater than the latter. In initiating a cleaning operation with the device, the staff is pulled through the guide tube until the herbe rotated by the handle to bore into any ob struction-that may bein a siphon or the waste pipe. 7 Itthe obstruction cannotbe unlodged by this method, the jaws of the head may be opened by forcing the stem longitudinally of the staff, thus gripping the obstruction when the stem is retracted and thej aws closed upon able longitudinally of the latter, the stem having an operative connection with said jaws to effect opening andclosing movement of the same on relative movement between it and the stafi, a handle operatively. connected both with the stafi and stem to impart angular or turning movement to the former and axial movement to the latter,and a guide tube in which the stafi is slidably mounted.

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tube and finallyremoving the latter from its position in the. siphon.

The,inventionhavingbeen dese'ribechwhat is claimed'as new and-usefuliszv I 1.; A dBVlCQfOl" the purpose" indicated comprising a staff, a stemmovable longitudinally oiiithe staii; a head carried at one end-of the staff and p'rovidedwith a plurality of hingedly mounted jaws, operative connections be tween the stemiand jaws to effect opening and closing movement of: the same uponthe stem relativelzto' thestaff, and a handleihaving ep- 7 "erative connections -with: the stem remote i movement toithe same and operativeconneofrom the head for imparting longitudinal tions' with the staff for imparting angular; or turning movement to the same.

' 2; A device for-the purposeindicatedcom- V prising astafii, a stemmovable longitudinally ofi the staff, a head carried'atone endofthe staffandprovid'e d witha plurality of hingedi V ly mounted jaws, operative connections betiveenthestein and jaws to efi'ect opening and closing movementnof the-same upon the stem relative tothe staff, and a handle havin'gop erative connections with the stem for; im-

parting longitudinal movement to the same and operative connections with-the stain: for

the'same, the handle being disposed at that endof the stafiremote from the head, the

' imparting-angular orturning-- movement to handle operative connections comprising a yoke in the crotch of which the handle is seated,"the stem engaging in a socket inthe handle,'the yoke being provided with parallel arms, a guide ring'in surrounding relationto the staff and slidable thereover and connected with the yoke arms on diametrically opposed sides, and a cap carried at the end of the stafi and provided with ears having slots in which the yoke arms are slidably'engaged.

3. A'device for the purpose indicated comprising a flexible tubular staff, a head carried at one end of the staii and provided with pivotally mounted jaws, a flexible stem extending axially through the stall? and mov- 

